Rooting Hormone and lanolin?

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Browsing some old copies of "Orchid", I came across a brief mention of using rooting Hormone and lanolin on recently cut off back bulbs to get them to root and start a new plant. It referenced an ever older copy (Feb 2000) as having more info on this. I checked the older copy, and -of course,- no info. Checked the next month after the reference and there was no correction mentioned (Q&A column)

I'm assuming the hormone is mixed with the lanolin as lanolin is difficult to wash off. Has anyone here heard / tried this? if so, what proportion of hormone to lanolin?

I recently trimmed and repotted a bunch of 1970's-ish catts for someone, and kept a few of the back bulbs for myself. (YES, I WILL work for orchid scraps!)

Then I read that teaser, and was hoping someone here might be aware of it.
Thanks in advance,
Mike